List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, September 2023

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This is a list of people reported killed by non-military law enforcement officers in the United States in September 2023, whether in the line of duty or not, and regardless of reason or method. The listing documents the occurrence of a death, making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or officer involved. Killings are arranged by date of the incident that caused death. Different death dates, if known, are noted in the description. The table below lists 90 people.

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September 2023

DateName (age) of deceasedRaceLocationDescription
2023-09-30unidentified maleUnknown Idabel, Oklahoma [1]
2023-09-30Camren Darden (17)Black Springfield, Illinois An inmate at the Sangamon County Juvenile Center fired four shots in the facility and took a female inmate hostage before being killed by police. [2] [3]
2023-09-30Isaac Ocegueda (18)Unknown Salem, Oregon [4]
2023-09-29William Hicks Jr. (56)Unknown Soddy Daisy, Tennessee [5]
2023-09-29Alivia Schwab (40)White Morris, Illinois While on the phone with a mental health hotline Schwab allegedly approached a police vehicle while holding a knife. An officer fired four shots at her, hitting her three times. [6] [7]
2023-09-29James Brown (40)Unknown Fountain, Florida [8]
2023-09-29Thomas McGinty (46)Unknown Mesa, Arizona [9]
2023-09-29Stephen Perkins (39)Black Decatur, Alabama Police responded to Perkins' home after a tow truck driver reported Perkins had pointed a gun at him. Police shot and killed Perkins, who was holding a gun with a light attached, in front of the house. Police initially stated officers had ordered him to drop the gun multiple times, but the police chief later apologized and said that police had actually told Perkins to get on the ground before firing. [10] [11]
2023-09-29unidentified male (17)Unknown Houston, Texas [12]
2023-09-28Justin Gonzales (36)Latino West Allis, Wisconsin [13]
2023-09-28Daymon Hubbard (47)White Bedford, Indiana A woman drove to the Bedford Police station to report Hubbard was following her. Shortly after, an officer noticed his vehicle and police pursued him until his car struck a patrol vehicle. According to police, "the incident escalated", leading officers to shoot Hubbard. [14]
2023-09-27Ernest Burbage III (38)White Johns Island, South Carolina [15]
2023-09-27Tammi Naler (47)Unknown Cross County, Arkansas [16]
2023-09-26Homero Carrillo (22)Latino Lubbock, Texas [17]
2023-09-26Darmon Graves Jr. (42)Unknown Indianapolis, Indiana [18]
2023-09-25Nicolas Avila (24)Latino Miami, Florida [19]
2023-09-24Tiffany McCoy (32)Latino Temple, Texas [20] [21]
2023-09-24Michael Shirley (55)White Dallas, Texas [22]
2023-09-24Jorge Ramirez-Rivera (45)Latino Orlando, Florida [23]
2023-09-24Joel Castaneda (42)Unknown Mesa, Arizona [24]
2023-09-24unidentifiedUnknown Little Rock, Arkansas An unidentified suspect died after an Arkansas State Police trooper performed a PIT maneuver on the suspect's vehicle, resulting in their death. [25]
2023-09-23Kaena Kaohu (30)Unknown Keaau, Hawaii [26]
2023-09-23Brian Spencer (43)White Charleston, West Virginia [27]
2023-09-22Larry Harvey IIIWhite Sherman, Texas [28]
2023-09-22Oscar Maxwell (22)Black Columbus, Georgia [29]
2023-09-22Ricketz Williams (27)Unknown Indianapolis, Indiana [30]
2023-09-22unidentified male (50)Unknown Morongo Indian Reservation, California [31]
2023-09-21Ivan Solis Mora (33-34)Latino Inglewood, California [32] [33]
2023-09-21Lamar Walker (24)Black Albany, California [34]
2023-09-21Katherine Colon (40)Latino New Britain, Connecticut A police officer driving to a burglary call struck Colon as she crossed the street. [35]
2023-09-20Dimitri Humphrey (26)Black Houston, Texas [36]
2023-09-20Abel Valensia (43)Latino Hesperia, California [37]
2023-09-20unidentified maleUnknown Stroud, Oklahoma [38]
2023-09-19Eric Taylor (36)Black Indianapolis, Indiana [39]
2023-09-19Brian Shumway (36)White Marietta, South Carolina [40]
2023-09-18Cesar Aguirre (49)Latino Donna, Texas [41]
2023-09-17Jesus Hernandez (46)Unknown San Antonio, Texas [42]
2023-09-17Reginal Owens (41)Black Woodville, Texas [43]
2023-09-17Nathan Wood (28)White Johnstown, New York [44]
2023-09-17William Burrell NelsonLatino Hoopa, California [45]
2023-09-15Matthew Healey (57)White Greenville, South Carolina [46]
2023-09-15Michael Pinto (40)White Providence, Rhode Island Police shot and killed Pinto outside Woman & Infants Hospital after he reversed his vehicle towards an officer and a nurse. Pinto's teenage daughter, who was also in the vehicle, was shot in the leg and injured. [47]
2023-09-14Sterling Arnold (43)Black Huntsville, Alabama [48]
2023-09-14Robert Seiber (28)Latino West End, North Carolina [49]
2023-09-13Shay McKenna (28)White Rangeley Plantation, Maine [50]
2023-09-13Carlos Deanda (35)Latino Los Angeles, California [51]
2023-09-12Raheem Freeman (28)Unknown Roswell, Georgia [52]
2023-09-12Cleavon Miles (36)Black Sacramento, California [53]
2023-09-12Angelo CurcioneUnknown Auburndale, Florida [54]
2023-09-12Sidney Dotson (37)Black McKinney, Texas [55] [56]
2023-09-11Nathan Liverpool (22)Black Forest Park, Georgia [57]
2023-09-11Jory Lester (34)Unknown Stockton, California [58]
2023-09-10Matthew Johnson (27)White Omaha, Nebraska [59]
2023-09-10Lamoris Speight Jr (22)Black Saratoga, North Carolina [60]
2023-09-10unidentified femaleUnknown Prescott, Arizona [61]
2023-09-10David Maynard (54)White Ceredo, West Virginia A man suspected of murdering his 78 year old stepfather in Ironton, Ohio the previous day and multiple carjackings took three hostages at a Speedway gas station in Ceredo, West Virginia. Police shot and killed Maynard after two of the hostages were released and the third was secured after the event took place. The hostages were unharmed. [62]
2023-09-09unidentified male(22)Unknown New York City, New York [63]
2023-09-09Phillip Henault (64)White Hancock, Massachusetts [64]
2023-09-09Robert Crockett (26)White Glendale, Arizona [65]
2023-09-09Robert Logan (23)White Mariposa, California [66]
2023-09-08Quentin Hill (32)Black Lake City, Florida [67]
2023-09-08unidentified maleUnknown Beckley, West Virginia [68]
2023-09-07Christoffer Huffman (41)White Star, Idaho Died from a gunshot to the chest. [69]
2023-09-07Tyran MeirowUnknown Rockaway Beach, Oregon [70]
2023-09-07Ryan Herinckx (39)White Hillsboro, Oregon [71]
2023-09-07Richard Sonnier Jr (38)Latino Rayne, Louisiana [72]
2023-09-07unidentified maleUnknown Mendenhall, Mississippi [73]
2023-09-07Xion Xang Dunn (35)Black Wrens, Georgia [74] [75]
2023-09-07unidentified male(41)Unknown Fort Hall, Idaho [76]
2023-09-07Alexis White (23)White Orange Beach, Alabama A sheriff's deputy in Cullman County, Alabama shot and killed White, his girlfriend and a dispatcher at the department, before killing himself. [77]
2023-09-06Jamal Walker (39)Black Lexington, South Carolina [78]
2023-09-06Antonio Escobar (37)Unknown Hayward, California [79]
2023-09-06Johnny J. Angel (53)Unknown Rialto, California [80]
2023-09-06Lueth Mo (15)Black DeWitt, New York [81]
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2023-09-05Dontae Warner (30)Unknown Irwin, Pennsylvania [82]
2023-09-04Jacob String (27)Latino San Antonio, Texas [83]
2023-09-04Sherman Crutcher (37)Latino Reno, Nevada [84]
2023-09-04Robert Boozer (42)Unknown Hacienda Heights, California [85]
2023-09-04Michael Wilson (46)Unknown Clayton, Oklahoma [86]
2023-09-04Leon Minniefield Jr (55)Black Waco, Texas [87]
2023-09-04Joshua Walker (32)White Bartow, Florida [88]
2023-09-03Bradley Hatcher (39)White Grenada, Mississippi [89]
2023-09-03George Appleby (59)Unknown Alliance, Ohio [90]
2023-09-02Stephon Ford (17)Black Jonesboro, Georgia The Jonesboro Police Department was responding to suspicious activity involving three males at a hotel. Two of the males were arrested but Ford fled. At some point Ford was located hiding in a wooded area close by. Officers allegedly gave Ford commands to surrender. Ford then allegedly pulled out a handgun and began firing, striking a K-9 in the back. The dog later succumbed to its injuries at an animal hospital. Hours later, officers located the Ford again within the same area and allegedly gave him commands to drop his gun. Ford was then shot and killed when he allegedly pointed his firearm in the direction of officers. [91]
2023-09-02David Lopez (17)Unknown Chattanooga, Tennessee [92]
2023-09-02Louis Johnson Jr (30)Unknown Longview, Washington [93]
2023-09-01Jaylen Routt (20)Black Raleigh, North Carolina Routt died after he allegedly shot at North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers after a high speed, in which he was caused by Routt 101 mph in a 70 mph zone on Interstate 40. Routt was also wanted for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Anthony Adams, which occurred in Fayetteville. [94] [95]
2023-09-01Edward Garcia (51)Unknown Elmendorf, Texas When Garcia fled a traffic stop, a high speed chase ensued on I-37. At some point Garcia lost control of his pickup truck, causing it to collided with a median. Garcia allegedly got out of the truck, rifle in hand, and starting shooting at officers, who shot and killed him in return. [96] [97]
2023-09-01Daryl Vance (71)Black Detroit, Michigan An officer responding to a disorderly conduct call at a bowling alley struck Vance in the face, causing him to fall and hit his head. Vance was hospitalized and died of his injuries several weeks later, his death ruled a homicide. The officer who struck Vance was fired and charged with manslaughter. [98]

See also

This section is an excerpt from Lists of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States § See also.[ edit ]

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